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United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


Amendment  8  to  B.  A.  I.  Order  142  (Regulations  for  the  Inspection  and 
Quarantine  of  Horses,  Cattle,  Sbeep,  and  Other  Ruminants,  and  Swine 
Imported  into  the  United  States). 


AMENDMENT  TO  REGULATION  49.  PROVIDING  FOR  THE  DIPPING 
TWICE  OF  SHEEP  IMPORTED  FROM  MEXICO  FOR  BREEDING. 
GRAZING,  OR  FEEDING. 


U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary, 
Washington,  I).  C,  October  23,  1909. 

Regulation  49  of  the  Regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  for 
the  inspection  and  quarantine  of  horses,  cattle,  sheep,  and  other  rumi- 
nants, and  swine  imported  into  the  United  States,  B.  A.  I.  Order  142, 
is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

Regulation  4:9.  Sheep  for  breeding  purposes,  grazing,  or  feeding 
will  be  admitted  if  found  upon  inspection  by  an  inspector  of  the  United 
States  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  to  be  free  from  scabies  or  other  con- 
tagious diseases  and  are  accompanied  by  an  affidavit  made  by  the  owner 
stating  that  they  have  been  in  the  district  from  which  shipped  for  six 
months  next  preceding  the  date  of  importation  and  that  no  contagious 
disease  affecting  sheep  has  existed  among  them  nor  among  other  ani- 
mals of  the  kind  with  which  they  have  come  in  contact  for  six  months 
last  past ;  also  by  an  affidavit  made  by  the  importer  or  his  agent  super- 
vising the  shipment  stating  that  they  have  not  passed  through  any  dis- 
trict infected  with  contagious  diseases  affecting  sheep,  and  that  they 
have  not  been  exposed  in  any  possible  manner  to  the  contagion  of  any 
contagious  disease,  and  that  the  animals,  if  not  driven,  have  been  shipped 
in  cleaned  and  disinfected  cars  and  vessels  direct  from  the  farm  or  ranch 
where  purchased.  But  such  sheep  shall,  nevertheless,  be  dipped  twice, 
ten  days  apart,  at  the  expense  of  the  owner,  as  prescribed  by  the  rules 
and  regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  before  being  permitted 
to  proceed  to  their  destination  in  the  United  States  or  to  mingle  with 
other  sheep. 

This  amendment  shall  become  and  be  effective  on  and  after  Novem- 
ber 1,  1909. 

James  Wilson. 


UNIV.  OF  FL  LIB. 
DOCUMENTS  DEPT. 


U.S.  DEPOSITORY 


Secretary  of  Agriculture . 


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UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA 

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